Strong G1289διασπείρω
to scatter
- Transliteration
- diaspeirō
- Pronunciation
- dee-as-pi'-ro
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δια-σπείρω
[frequently in LXX for פּוּץ, etc.;]
to scatter abroad, disperse: Act.8:1, 4 11:19.†
(AS)
[frequently in LXX for פּוּץ, etc.;]
to scatter abroad, disperse: Act.8:1, 4 11:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1289 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- scatter3
- be1
First verses
- Acts 8:1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
- Acts 8:4Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
- Acts 11:19Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
διασπείρω,
aorist 2 passive -εσπάρην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 748, etc.)]:— scatter or spread about, [τὰς μνέας].. αὐτοχειρίῃ διέσπειρε τῇ στρατιῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.13)]; διέσπειρε ἡμέας ἄλλην ἄλλῃ τάξας dispersed us,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 68; δ. λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.25; τοὔνομα εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.104)]; squander, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1291)]:—passive, to be scattered, κρατὸς διασπαρέντος αἵματός θ᾽ ὁμοῦ [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 782; πῶλοι διεσπάρησαν ἐς μέσον δρόμον [prev. author] “El.” 748)]; of troops, διεσπαρμένοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.1, etc.)]; φύσεις ὁμοίως διεσπαρμέναι equally distributed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 455d, compare “Sph.” 260b, etc.; ἡ ψυχὴ διασπείρεται)]is dissipated, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.21U.)]; τὸ διεσπαρμένον δόγμα the current opinion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Nat.” 14.7; τῶν χρωμάτων διεσπαρμένων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.21.)]
aorist 2 passive -εσπάρην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 748, etc.)]:— scatter or spread about, [τὰς μνέας].. αὐτοχειρίῃ διέσπειρε τῇ στρατιῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.13)]; διέσπειρε ἡμέας ἄλλην ἄλλῃ τάξας dispersed us,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 68; δ. λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.25; τοὔνομα εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.104)]; squander, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1291)]:—passive, to be scattered, κρατὸς διασπαρέντος αἵματός θ᾽ ὁμοῦ [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 782; πῶλοι διεσπάρησαν ἐς μέσον δρόμον [prev. author] “El.” 748)]; of troops, διεσπαρμένοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.1, etc.)]; φύσεις ὁμοίως διεσπαρμέναι equally distributed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 455d, compare “Sph.” 260b, etc.; ἡ ψυχὴ διασπείρεται)]is dissipated, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.21U.)]; τὸ διεσπαρμένον δόγμα the current opinion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Nat.” 14.7; τῶν χρωμάτων διεσπαρμένων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.21.)]